blaw
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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I'm a safe carle, and can spae fortunes as well as blaw up thae green bags wi' thriftless wind.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various
An’ poor awd men, ’at scarce can blaw, Wi’ beards an’ whiskers white as snaw; Sad sample ov oor fallen race, All rollin up to t’ Steeple Chase.
From Awd Isaac, The Steeple Chase, and other Poems With a glossary of the Yorkshire Dialect by John Castillo
O blaw ye westlin winds, blaw soft among the leafy trees!
From The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson
I’ve seen ’s hae days to fricht us a’, The Pentlands poothered weel wi’ snaw, The ways half-smoored wi’ liquid thaw, An’ half-congealin’, The snell an’ scowtherin’ norther blaw Frae blae Brunteelan’.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Epistle to Charles Baxter Noo lyart leaves blaw ower the green 265 IV.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
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